Faculty/Author Profile

Ari Telisman

Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission

Senior Litigation Counsel

Chicago, IL, USA

Ari Telisman serves as Senior Litigation Counsel for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois ("ARDC"). His duties include investigating and prosecuting lawyer misconduct. Previously, Mr. Telisman served as a prosecutor in Indiana and Florida as well as an Assistant Attorney General in Illinois, where he pursued involuntary commitments of sexually violent offenders. Mr. Telisman is a faculty instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and gives continuing legal education speeches on behalf of the ARDC. He is also an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he teaches courses on trial advocacy and legal ethics. Mr. Telisman received his JD from the Florida State University College of Law and his BS from Carnegie Mellon University.